Anonymous wrote:My dad was a violent drunk who spent most of paycheck on booze. I slept with brother on living room till 16 as no bedroom was a tiny crap hole rental in a dangerous neighborhood.
My two sisters had the tiny second bedroom.

Other than the beatings and such no find memories. As adults all four of us kids got grad degrees and I live in a two million dollar home rarely rarely every drink and is very nice to my kids. So the bad childhood made me want to give a good childhood my kids

This is amazing! Curious what your path to such financial success was given how you grew up?

Anonymous wrote:Immigrant parents who got divorced. Sibling with a disability. Incredibly poor.

Doing great now. I met and married my soulmate young and that helped so much. Have a great relationship with my mom.

If I may ask, how is your sibling doing?

OP, are you looking for non-traditional in the "unstable" sense or the "did different things that grow up in the same house with a mom and dad and kids from birth through college"

Anonymous wrote:Third culture kid here. I loved it. I don’t know how people can live in one area their whole lives. I guess they find it cozy, but I liked exposure to new learning experiences.

So glad to hear it, as a TCK raising her own TCKs. I do find it curious that you say you loved it, thouigh -- did you say that at the time? I ask because people always ask how my kids like living overseas, and my main answer is -- that is their life, they don't really say "gee, I love being a TCK" any more than a kid in DC says, "I love being raised in the DC metro area." Or? Genuine question.

I know someone who was born into an old money east coast family straight out of a Hollywood movie. Think: fancy home and fancy vacation homes in the US plus servants. Traveled the world starting in childhood staying in the fanciest places. Boarding school followed by an Ivy education.

Parents were so miserable their divorce could have been a Lifetime movie. The kid had to essentially have two separate areas at their wedding reception because they can’t be in the same room.

Despite appearing to be a privileged upbringing, they secretly hated how formal and cold their parents and grandparents were.

Today they are fairly down to earth and while they don’t need to work, they do. While they have very nice things, it’s very understated. They are better parents than they had.

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Anonymous wrote:I know someone who is raising her children in polyamorous living arrangements. She and the children's bio dad purchased a home with two more adults, ended up selling it a few years later because the relationships weren't working out. Now they have another home with an ADU they rent out to another lover.

Nothing about the actual childhoods here. You seem focused only on the private lives of other people. You sad perv.

This thread is about the private lives of other people though. And yes, this is about their childhood being in a non-traditional environment. Sounds like this really hit a nerve.

I believe the title of the thread is "non-traditional childhood"
not "non-traditional romantic set up"

To quote the OP:
"I'm looking for stories outside of the cookie cutter nuclear arrangement with 30 year mortgage."

This applies, your complaints don't. Go police another thread.

And yet its not your childhood nor do you describe one. Hum... I wonder if that still qualifies. No. It does not.

DH and I both grew up in suburban homes with 2 kids, private schools, travel sports, etc.

We travel the world with our kids doing home exchanges.

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Anonymous wrote:I know someone who is raising her children in polyamorous living arrangements. She and the children's bio dad purchased a home with two more adults, ended up selling it a few years later because the relationships weren't working out. Now they have another home with an ADU they rent out to another lover.

Nothing about the actual childhoods here. You seem focused only on the private lives of other people. You sad perv.

This thread is about the private lives of other people though. And yes, this is about their childhood being in a non-traditional environment. Sounds like this really hit a nerve.

I believe the title of the thread is "non-traditional childhood"
not "non-traditional romantic set up"

To quote the OP:
"I'm looking for stories outside of the cookie cutter nuclear arrangement with 30 year mortgage."

This applies, your complaints don't. Go police another thread.

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Anonymous wrote:I know someone who is raising her children in polyamorous living arrangements. She and the children's bio dad purchased a home with two more adults, ended up selling it a few years later because the relationships weren't working out. Now they have another home with an ADU they rent out to another lover.

Nothing about the actual childhoods here. You seem focused only on the private lives of other people. You sad perv.

This thread is about the private lives of other people though. And yes, this is about their childhood being in a non-traditional environment. Sounds like this really hit a nerve.

I believe the title of the thread is "non-traditional childhood"
not "non-traditional romantic set up"

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Anonymous wrote:I know someone who is raising her children in polyamorous living arrangements. She and the children's bio dad purchased a home with two more adults, ended up selling it a few years later because the relationships weren't working out. Now they have another home with an ADU they rent out to another lover.

Nothing about the actual childhoods here. You seem focused only on the private lives of other people. You sad perv.

Wow, you're so judgmental. The post you're responding too wasn't, though. If you don't want to discuss unconventional childhood living environments, you're on the wrong thread.

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Anonymous wrote:I know someone who is raising her children in polyamorous living arrangements. She and the children's bio dad purchased a home with two more adults, ended up selling it a few years later because the relationships weren't working out. Now they have another home with an ADU they rent out to another lover.

Nothing about the actual childhoods here. You seem focused only on the private lives of other people. You sad perv.

This thread is about the private lives of other people though. And yes, this is about their childhood being in a non-traditional environment. Sounds like this really hit a nerve.

Anonymous wrote:I know someone who is raising her children in polyamorous living arrangements. She and the children's bio dad purchased a home with two more adults, ended up selling it a few years later because the relationships weren't working out. Now they have another home with an ADU they rent out to another lover.

Nothing about the actual childhoods here. You seem focused only on the private lives of other people. You sad perv.

I’m adopted and a different race from my family. Other than that it looks like what you described, other than being happy.

I know someone who is raising her children in polyamorous living arrangements. She and the children's bio dad purchased a home with two more adults, ended up selling it a few years later because the relationships weren't working out. Now they have another home with an ADU they rent out to another lover.

Anonymous wrote:My dad was a violent drunk who spent most of paycheck on booze. I slept with brother on living room till 16 as no bedroom was a tiny crap hole rental in a dangerous neighborhood.
My two sisters had the tiny second bedroom.

Other than the beatings and such no find memories. As adults all four of us kids got grad degrees and I live in a two million dollar home rarely rarely every drink and is very nice to my kids. So the bad childhood made me want to give a good childhood my kids

Christ that sounds like an awful start. Well done for turning it around. True grit.